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Editio Orbis TerrarumWorld Edition Vol.
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Roma · Caput MundiRome · Caput Mundi
41°53′N · 12°29′E

ACTA·MVNDI

QVIDQVID · AGVNT · HOMINES · NOSTRI · FARRAGO · LIBELLI

“Whatever men do is the stuff of our pages.” Juvenal, Sat. I.85–86

Ludi · EpistulaeSport · Letters

C. Plinius Caecilius SecundusGaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)

61–c. 113 p.C.n.A.D. 61–c. 113 · Consul, legatus BithyniaeConsul, governor of Bithynia · PRINCIPATVS

Avunculi Plinii heres, orator, consul, Traiani legatus; epistulas elegantissimas de amicis, villis, iudiciis, ludis scripsit.Heir to his uncle Pliny, orator, consul and Trajan’s governor; he wrote the most elegant letters on friends, villas, trials and the games.

Multum legendum, non multa.

Epistulae I–XPanegyricus
They Cheer for a Rag

Ludi · EpistulaeSport · Letters

Favent PannoThey Cheer for a Rag

C. Plinius miratur tot milia virorum tam pueriliter pilam currentem spectare.Pliny the Younger marvels that so many thousands of grown men watch a ball being chased with such childish passion.

C. Plinius Caecilius Secundus PRINCIPATVS

a.d. V Id. Oct. · 11 Oct 2026

ACTA MATVTINATHE MORNING ACTA

Ante primam lucem, in tabellam tuam: res orbis terrarum, a Romanis iudicatae.Before first light, on your tablet: the world’s affairs, judged by Romans.

Gratias. Cras ante lucem tabellarius veniet.Thank you. The courier arrives tomorrow before dawn.

Aliquid erravit. Iterum conare.Something went wrong. Please try again.

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